TIlE LOlRGNETTE DIRA MiVATIC CLUB. Tlicree s~ahalarge giatllerilig in the Ilcrcatiolin!o HIll, tilackbiurni, on WVel* needay eveliing. the Ithi .Jue, to wVit 5 thU perhormliaiece of W. T. of the ibove club. (ircat praine is due to the lion. see. Mlr. Hugh h. Juini soni, fii' the tune ainid care le lust hlavebustow..d io gettitg up thu pcr formanllllc, wh.iiChl was:L an unqualltlifiedI succeas. r. .II. 1 Greene, the stage miniIager, cariiCd out his diflicnlt task with jidgiiint, iiid ltrr1Llged all the lprclimiiniarics iii such a satisfactory way that nothing occurred ouar the pldciiire of the oiitertainiuciit, The music, always a very essential elumnciit, was lrovided by the ineiimiers of tie AlustrlalialL Ch21urcli orchestra, and when we say that tIat they dis coursed the esweetest and iiiost hlar iiioiioiui liusic over hetrd ih this dis trict we iire only stating what is tie truth, and the audience should feel grttehil to tlieee ladies and gniitle. omen for comiimg so far to give ...

LOCAL NEWS. Thle iioliie of Ilox ill r11 u i iie an ownier for a lady's silli parnaul found last Satuirday. ALt the mieetinig of thu Niunawadiug Council on Monday week licit, a letter wvaa received fronm MIr. Ihiti. timIupsoIm asking the coIIIIcil to make him comiie conicession inm the aumount charged for rates on his land. Mr. Simpson, inl his letter, stated that he had sold thu laud isomlliC Yi.r 5 ii:r o to l hInd syndicate, who had tabnem pmosesesion of khie laud, and emit it imp inito buildiiig allotieiiti. Wlhii lie sold the laud it was a largu paddock iuIid was valued as such. Tlie council's valuators in assessiiig thu Iliiiii had esthIated it froini a butisniiss point of view, and had 'vluoed it us sucti. Thu synditumet had filed to eoimipletO gagg,1,q~ae theland, whiich azd now tieen called tiioii by th1 ulncll to pay 111t tihe Iiieais or nites on thu lainil, nU thu synmileats liiii, unmfortmmiately for hlium, niot lipid lthe rales. As tihe land hald been recomi vurted into...

As we notifiod hi' dur last issuo wo intend again,, referring to tho subjeoot of private streots and tI~o way tl!oy are dealt with by the ,Council... n i im . S L ?'j. When an Act of Parliament ia found to be projudical, disadvanfago ot, .irrbitrary aiid adverse to the ptultio interost the soonier it is repoaled tlhiliotter. Publit opinion has tuin nuisitaalbly stated this to bo the iaso with tlhoso clausos in the Local Govermuent AoL which makes it ilt. Pl~eidi for the owners of pIrivato lid to pany tieir sluii0 for the inakijig of tho. footpaths at their honosteatndis. Howovor such obnoxious olausos canto to be insortod thtorOin is a nIystory to uis, ailn Thtoir oflcot upon the future well-being of towns nud boroughs could not havo boon taken into con. sidoration by the fraimers of this arbi trary maIosuro, Thu Local Clovorit mnont Act front boginiting to cnd is onie of the worst measures which is to bu fountd in the Vietoriati Statute Book. It is a perfect inodloy of con tradicti...